One of Hip Hop's best story tellers that they never mention. Jeru has been around and been one of the best in the competitive 90s, but things changed and maybe the change didn't fit his style.
He’s dope and I still got his first and second album but to be honest,he was going against some of the greats back then such as Nas,Wu-Tang Clan,OutKast,Tupac,Biggie,Big L,Brand Nubian,De La Soul,the Pharcyde,Craig Mack,Nine,A tribe called Quest,The Roots,Black Moon,Smif N Wesson,The Boot Camp Clik,Das Efx,Cypress Hill,The Fugees,Redman,Def Squad,The Lost Boyz,Busta Rhymes,Naughty by Nature.Etc.
Honestly my favorite consistent producer, hands down! Gang Starr and Group Home were my favorite groups by the end of the '90s since by then Tribe, Black Sheep and The Fugees had broken up and De La had disappeared for a while.
Jeru the Damaja's song "Playing Ya'self" is one of the greatest songs ever penned. I loved that song as a kid not even knowing the powerful message for young men and women. Much love to Jeru. Shalom
Bad Boy ushered in the death of Hip Hop as far as I'm concerned. IMO, Hip Hop has been dead since the Black Eyed Peas got rid of the Black girl for Fergie. That was the "nail" on the coffin for me!!
Jeru is a MAN with integrity who never sold his soul for money & fame. He was for his people and had dope lyrics and flows with substance. It’s a shame he doesn’t get mentioned in the same breath as other 90’s greats, but his lyrical content puts him in a class of his own to those who can comprehend it.
Last I knew, Jeru was living in Europe where they LOVE hip hop, specifically 90s Boom bap. He is still performing and promoting other 90s hip hop artists who tour over there often and do really well
One of my fav. Listen for yah mind I got the right nutriention. We keeps it hard like fat asses and cases of heniken. Here is Brooklyn...etc then near the end of verse. I melt emcees with mental telephapy .. that line.
I took my (then) 10 yr old son to an old school Hip Hop concert in Prospect Park one summer...Jeru performed that year and as we were leaving,he ran up to Jeru, startling him, and told him how much he enjoyed it...I apologized and explained it was his first time hearing about him and loved his set...Jeru was SO kind to him and thanked me for bringing him...My son is 27 now and still a big fan...
Yo, I was standing in line at the grocery store not long ago while listening to this video -- and when he said that, I busted out laughing and people were looking at me. Lol That was hilarious.
One of the rawest MC in the mid-90s. With Preemo beats, he never went wrong. Anti-flossing, no "Big Willie" style, unlike many other well known MCs in the 1990s. Pure hip hop. I would've loved to hear him and KRS-One on a track together back in the day!
They were both on the posse cut "1,2 Pass It" off of The D&D Project, Jeru was actually freestyling over a beat from that compilation ("Look Alive" by Big C)
Hell yeah, mad props for doing this one. Jeru's one of my favorite MCs from that period and the fact that he got not one but TWO albums completely produced by DJ Premier shows how much they held his skill in high esteem.
I do respect Jeru's courage to compete with BIG. It's funny that BIG was all hot about Jeru's diss record but I'd bet he wished Pac had the level of civility that the damaja had. Nothing personal with Jeru, just a skillful challenge. We need more of that today. These rappers are getting hella weak and if someone mentions that the emperor has no clothes, they reach for their sword instead of the pen. Thanks for the vid and keep the content going, its remarkable.
Absolute banger first album, second is amazing too. Seen Jeru live 3 or 4 times and always incredible. Jungle Music first verse is one of the best verses ever.
His first 2 albums are CLASSICS!! I also like the song he came out with a few years ago called "Solar flares". Song goes HARD! I never really knew the full story of the song "Kick in the 🚪" came about. Now I know. I wonder if they had a chance to squash the misunderstanding before B.I.G passed? This was a good episode 👍! Keep them coming!
All of these reasons are spot on! If you're too young to grasp what this video is explaining listen to the song "Mass Appeal" by Gang Starr", it captured the content war of that era.
I was just listening to "Come clean", that stays in rotation. "The sun rises in the East" is definitely a slept on classic. I put it up there with all the other great albums of that time.
When I came back to Baltimore, I already had a flag planted in Brooklyn so I stayed buying alot of records and mixtapes bringing em back to my city. I literally remember the night I was in Brooklyn and stopped at BeatStreet Records. I bought a evil dee and Tony Touch mixtape and my homeboy gave me 2 white label records. Didn't know who it was. When I got to Baltimore, I hooked up my dj equipment. The first joint was Blackmoon How Many Mc's. I was already vibing off that so I decided to play the other one. It was Come Clean. When I tell you I damn near broke that record cause I played that shit over and over till I got sleepy. I had never heard anything like it. I listened to the lyrics and was blown. From then on, I was a Jeru fan for life
Even though he wasn't a huge artist he was nice on the mic and he deserves credit in hip hop for being a lyricist in a era where everyone brought something different to the table in music. And on a side note I have a you tube channel type in Russell Mills May 22, 2017 to find me.
StuntedGrowthMusic, this is possibly the most important piece of content you ever did. This had to be told for many outside our era can understand how hip hop changed. This wasn't only a Stunted Growth for Jeru but he was also a causality to the change in shift that hip hop went through. His career died with that shift. Jeru was never gonna strive in the late 90s and early 2000s. This is why I say that Nas is the only man to ever blend conscious hip hop with street sensibility and commercial ability. Nas could have easily been Jeru if he didn't go that route he did with It Was Written
I remember when Jerus first album came out. I was in high school on the West Coast I had my little Honda civic with some sounds in the trunk. People at school would clown me for bumping it instead of Dre or Snoop.
One of the Best Storytellers in Hip Hop right up their With the Legends Ice Cube , Ice T , Eazy E , KRS One , Kool G Rap , Nas , Snoop , Biggie , .R.I.P Gangstarr ,R.I.P . 2Pac of the 90s era . Jeru has a art of storytelling that really draws you in like your really in a movie or live in real time as story unfolds as he's talking .His Album , The Sun rises in the East and the Wrath of Math are his Master Class Albums . His Best songs , Aint the Devil Happy , The Prophet Saga 1.2.3 , Scientifical Madness , Da Bitches , One Day , Invasion and the Runaway Slave these are classic songs in one of the best competitive era's of Hip in Hop that doesnt exist anymore the 90s was truly the Battle Arena Era you had to be the Best or get devoured by the Streets Lyrically or even Literally . Jeru was like a samurai in streets of Hip Hop Like most Top artists at the time and this man deserves , Respect and he deserves his Flowers now Salute to Jeru The Damaja one of the Best to ever do it .
This shit made me sad... I remember that shift in Hip Hop, it was the start of the ending for me. There was still some great music after that, but '94? That was my favorite shit!
Thanks so much for doing this video on jeru. One of my favorite MCs and very underrated MC. If you listen to the lyrics on" Ya playing yourself", he was ahead of his time. The classic line he said was "never new hustlers confessed in stereo"
I was just mixing records from the 90,s and I was stuck on Jeru’s ‘Me Or The Paper’ . The work he did with DJ Premier is legendary . He’s still touring overseas and doesn’t have to make any new music .
He deserves so much more respect, but this new school generation won't appreciate him and or the others that paved the way for them. This new generation is full of microwave people and microwave talent. Jeru will always been respected by us individuals who truly love and appreciate *real Hip Hop*
He was criminally underrated. He was 🔥🔥🔥. Some people said his flow was too old sounding. His records were dope to me! Still listen to his music to this day
Lets not forge tthat the the great Keith Murray also debuted in 1994. Now.. Jeru the Scientist.. voice, delivery, flow, vocab, subject matter... he was a heavyweight indeed. It's true that times have changed dramatically between 94 and 97, when his second album came out... but if Wrath of The Math would've been more sonically like the first album, I think he would've been more solidified in history. It just didn't have that rawness or tempo that we were expecting from Ru, and to be honest, he himself was slacking in the lyrics. It was just too simplified. That's what really did the damage IMO. I checked for him in the post Primo-era, and he can still get busy.. still full of concepts and still skilled, but it would be dope to have him and Preem link on a track for the people after all this time. Give Jeru a bunch of esoteric, scientific books and lock Preem in a room banging nothing but his '94 and Group Home isht' for a few days... then let them combines come with some dirty, dusty 92 BPM fire and just let the magic happen. We need that.
Remember meeting Ru outside of Franklin K Lane High School in ENY BK shortly after Wrath of the Math came out. The God was crazy cool. Them 1st 2 Jeru records are incredible!
Back when "Come Clean" ummmm, came out (when I was in 11th grade), I didn't even know Premo produced it. I wasn't purchasing albums back then, just watching "Rap City" & "Yo! MTV Raps" as my primary barometer for what was hot. The song & video were so dope that it didn't matter to me at the time who produced it. Years later when I did buy the album and was deep into my knowledge and fandom of Premo, I appreciated the singles even more and realized some of the album tracks were even better. "Wrath Of The Math" was a cool album too. Jeru is stamped in Hip Hop history, plus he's the only other person back then who had beef with Biggie, Puff & the Fugees like Pac did. So there's that...
I still have Jeru the Damaga albums The Sun rises in the East & Wrath of the Math. But both were overshadowed by These classic albums from NY.....Nas - Illmatic, Gravediggaz - 6 Feet Deep, Shyheim - The Rugged Child, O.C.- Word Life, Notorious BIG - Ready to Die, Method Man - Tical, Redman - Dare iz a Darkside, Smif n Wesson - Da Shinin, Mobb Deep - The Infamous, Ol' Dirty Bastard - Return to the 36 Chambers The Dirty Version, Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx, Big L - Lifestyles ov da Poor & Dangerous, Fat Joe - Jealous Ones Envy, Naughty by Nature - Poverty's Paradise, Onyx - All We Got iz Us, LL Cool J - Mr Smith, KRS One self titled album, GZA - Liquid Swords, Kool G Rap - 456, Fugees - The Score, Busta Rhymes - The Coming, Shyheim - The Lost Generation, Lost Boyz - Legal Drug Money, Nas - It Was Written, Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt, A Tribe Called Quest - Beats Rhymes and Life, Heltah Skeltah - Nocturnal, Mobb Deep - Hell on Earth, Ghostface Killah - Ironman, Redman - Muddy Waters, De La Soul - Stakes is High.
I've always been obsessed with the 90s-00s as far as Hip Hop, looking into the less-mentioned artists like Big L, Rakim, Mobb Deep etc. I remember the first time I started bumping Wrath Of The Math on Spotify, I was nodding my head to that wild wordplay he has, looking at the album covers like "Wait, how have I not heard this dude before? Wtf?" He's too smooth with that wordplay.
I really wish you would have said something about the Prophet Series... Those 4 songs are like a Hip-hop graphic novel!!! Some of the best storytelling in Hip-hop History.... Respect for highlighting the Damaja!!!!!
Great video. He deserves a lot more respect and attention to his music. Could please do Bone Thugs-n-Harmony next. Their growth wasn't stunted but they didn't reach their full potential. Here's why: 1. Their style was fresh but they only started with EP. E1999. Eternal was ready in August, 94 but wasn't out till July, 95 which was a big marketing mistake cause the rap was flooded by artists with similar styles(both biters and non-biters) 2. Their double-album 'The Art of War' contained few singles and music videos. It was a bad idea to give a song 'Batman and Robin' soundtrack cause the film appeared to be trash. Meanwhile, Bizzy would sabotage videos and concert tours. You can also mention his feud with Tomica. 3. Flesh-n-Bone was imprisoned in 2000. 4. More problems with Bizzy in 2002-03 resulting in a weak group album. 5. Rather weak solo careers. Bizzy cut some songs in his debut solo album because of sample clearance issues. His second album had little promotion and only one music video. Krayzie's first two solos weren't too strong commercially. Krayzie also caught Dr.Dre's 'Detox syndrome' and not used the momentum given by the Grammy-winning duo with Chamillionaire. 'Chasing the Devil' coulda caused more impact having been released back in 07-08
I don't think they fully count. They made it to the top. The problem was everything else. Example: Industry change killing Bone's Infrastructure metaphorically speaking, Tomica Wright, issues with Bizzy etc. But despite that Bone Thugs-N-Harmony constantly had hits after the 90s. For example that T.W.O album still went gold. The Art of War was quadruple platinum, i do agree that AoW should have had more music videos. Bone's situation is very unique, and multifaceted. But I don't think their growth was so much as stunted as it was.... hobbled.
ANOTHER LEGEND MC IN OLD SCHOOL HIP HOP THAT'S IN A CLASS OF HIS OWN LIKE MANY OTHER'S BEFORE HIM AS WELL ARE FORGOTTEN BUT WE ALL KNOW THE ONE'S ✌️💯🇺🇲
Not your average, scientifical madness, ain’t the devil happy ..just some of his amazing tracks….and to top it off one of the best live performers in hip hop …Jerus live energy is something else .. all the true heads respect Jeru
Saw Jeru live in Philly. 99, 00ish... With like 25 other people and he DESTROYED it. Really put on a show as a live lyricist. Mic play is insane, and everybody knows you can't stop the prophet.
Rap became a mainstream quickly evolving genre of music in 1991 after the Rodney King video emerged,I think, as Teddy Riley’s New Jack Swing with his production of Michael Jackson’s Dangerous Album and collaboration with Dr Dre and rappers developing as a new style of music within rap & other genres as a new music and the massive cultural & musical creativity that ensued worldwide thereafter is incredible to me & now in 2023 i love looking back at the early greats like Jeru thru these lenses and seeing what became of their early contributions to the craft…
Jeru was my introduction to buying music, and rapping myself. My first cassatte tape was "Come Clean". I rapped over the instrumental on the other side of the single. WOW
I think his lyrical skill level dropped, and the powers that be didn't want his message getting out. Very powerful message. P.E. also in 94 would slowly fade. Muse sick in our mess age would be their last charting album. But in their case P. E. was internationally known worldwide.
Jeru also dissed Fugees on 'Black Cowboy' "I heard some MCs wanna bring it but a female is one of their strongest men, when I step to you don't seek refuge make it happen..." He was great, speaking for all the people that weren't seduced by the glamour and glitz that overtook a lot of rap and perhaps culture more broadly.
Jeru The Damaj, still left us with Perfection. Now, please let's talk my favorite M.C.: Black 🌝 and/or anybody from BCC. their bodies of work we're spectacular. Come fellos and ladies stop hating 90 hip hop era rules.🍾🍾🍾🙏🙏🤝👍👍
One of Hip Hop's best story tellers that they never mention. Jeru has been around and been one of the best in the competitive 90s, but things changed and maybe the change didn't fit his style.
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As soon as I got the notification, I clicked on this so fast. Jeru was definitely one of the most slept on MCs of the 90s.
He’s dope and I still got his first and second album but to be honest,he was going against some of the greats back then such as Nas,Wu-Tang Clan,OutKast,Tupac,Biggie,Big L,Brand Nubian,De La Soul,the Pharcyde,Craig Mack,Nine,A tribe called Quest,The Roots,Black Moon,Smif N Wesson,The Boot Camp Clik,Das Efx,Cypress Hill,The Fugees,Redman,Def Squad,The Lost Boyz,Busta Rhymes,Naughty by Nature.Etc.
One of the greatest in the 90’s
Indeed.@@DiceB
Big ole facts 💯! Dude was a monster too
I remember buying jeru debut album always digg his style thou guru was more dope to me
94 was really Dj. Premier's year from Hard to Earn to Illmatic to Ready to Die to Sun Rises in the East. Legend
Honestly my favorite consistent producer, hands down! Gang Starr and Group Home were my favorite groups by the end of the '90s since by then Tribe, Black Sheep and The Fugees had broken up and De La had disappeared for a while.
Foreal..and those 3 albums dropped in almost the same month. Special times.
Jeru the Damaja's song "Playing Ya'self" is one of the greatest songs ever penned. I loved that song as a kid not even knowing the powerful message for young men and women. Much love to Jeru. Shalom
I got his name for my middle name damaja im amazed fr
The video was dope too! S/O to Nick Quested!
Bad Boy ushered in the death of Hip Hop as far as I'm concerned. IMO, Hip Hop has been dead since the Black Eyed Peas got rid of the Black girl for Fergie. That was the "nail" on the coffin for me!!
He was way ahead of his time.
🗣📢Come Clean🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥Too
Jeru is a MAN with integrity who never sold his soul for money & fame. He was for his people and had dope lyrics and flows with substance. It’s a shame he doesn’t get mentioned in the same breath as other 90’s greats, but his lyrical content puts him in a class of his own to those who can comprehend it.
Last I knew, Jeru was living in Europe where they LOVE hip hop, specifically 90s Boom bap. He is still performing and promoting other 90s hip hop artists who tour over there often and do really well
correct, he's been chillin in Germany for a few years now :D
True! In the 🇬🇧 we stay true to the 90s old school.
@@MarcellusWhyte-w3i you got that right, mate. At least in the UK & wider Europe 90's era hip hop artists are still respected & as such tour.
His verse in “The Return of The Crooklyn Dodgers” was special. He was lyrically lethal & criminally under appreciated. Thanks 4 this 🤝🏽
Subliminal Hypnotism and Colonialism leaves most ni66as dead or in prison!
One of my fav.
Listen for yah mind I got the right nutriention.
We keeps it hard like fat asses and cases of heniken.
Here is Brooklyn...etc then near the end of verse.
I melt emcees with mental telephapy .. that line.
Chips that power nuclear bombs now power my Sega. All 3 verses are high powered but Jeru definitely has the illest verse on that song.
@@ri067953 yeah man the Sega line another heater
He annihilated that verse 🗣️🔥💪🏾💯
It's "Cant Stop The Prophet" and "Come Clean" for me, that solidified Jeru's skill. Him and Preemo? Instant classic.
Two incredible albums if I may say. It has all the ingredients that I appreciate in it’s entirety.
his first two albums were certified classics in my opinion
Wrath of the Math was spectacular! I got to get into him more and I also enjoyed Heroz4hire (Seinfeld and 99.9% were bangers)
The80’s to around 1997 was the best era of Hip Hop to me.
💯% AGREED 👍!!
Facts
87-97 Golden Years of HipHop 💯
The year that WuTang was moved from the driver seat was 97
Stretch it to 98 or 99
I took my (then) 10 yr old son to an old school Hip Hop concert in Prospect Park one summer...Jeru performed that year and as we were leaving,he ran up to Jeru, startling him, and told him how much he enjoyed it...I apologized and explained it was his first time hearing about him and loved his set...Jeru was SO kind to him and thanked me for bringing him...My son is 27 now and still a big fan...
To me, hip hop’s golden era was from 1985-1995 or 96. If hip hop shut down in 96, I’d still have most of the beloved music ever
96 greatest year ever 💯
not even close. 88 will never be topped by any other year.
Highly underrated. He's in my top 10. Jeru is still dropping dope singles.
I was just about to write that he’s in my top ten when I seen your comment.
That first album was one of the reasons why I started rapping. Just pure lyricism at its finest
“When the Damaja attacks, MCs stop rhyming and the start smoking crack” 🤣☠️😂
Yo, I was standing in line at the grocery store not long ago while listening to this video -- and when he said that, I busted out laughing and people were looking at me. Lol That was hilarious.
One of the rawest MC in the mid-90s. With Preemo beats, he never went wrong. Anti-flossing, no "Big Willie" style, unlike many other well known MCs in the 1990s. Pure hip hop. I would've loved to hear him and KRS-One on a track together back in the day!
Would of been great collaboration
They were both on the posse cut "1,2 Pass It" off of The D&D Project, Jeru was actually freestyling over a beat from that compilation ("Look Alive" by Big C)
He and the Gza are Chess opponents? Imagine those 2 on a track
@@dannydamnmendezabout to mention that track. And it was produced by... Primo!
Plus his age
Hell yeah, mad props for doing this one. Jeru's one of my favorite MCs from that period and the fact that he got not one but TWO albums completely produced by DJ Premier shows how much they held his skill in high esteem.
Facts i always put jeru and gangstar in tje same playlists
@@danteprice1874 Gang Starr ;)
91-95 was a great time to be a teenager.
Not just for the music but the Video games too.
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I do respect Jeru's courage to compete with BIG. It's funny that BIG was all hot about Jeru's diss record but I'd bet he wished Pac had the level of civility that the damaja had. Nothing personal with Jeru, just a skillful challenge. We need more of that today. These rappers are getting hella weak and if someone mentions that the emperor has no clothes, they reach for their sword instead of the pen. Thanks for the vid and keep the content going, its remarkable.
2Pac was all in his feelings when De La released Stakes Is High.
Come Clean still the greatest beat in hip hop history.
Absolute banger first album, second is amazing too. Seen Jeru live 3 or 4 times and always incredible. Jungle Music first verse is one of the best verses ever.
Mad underrated! The greatest era for me has to be around '88 - '96 - the Golden Age. 1994 was an incredible year.
Come Clean is one of my favorite Hip Hop tracks of all time. That beat was sick!!!!
His first 2 albums are CLASSICS!! I also like the song he came out with a few years ago called "Solar flares". Song goes HARD! I never really knew the full story of the song "Kick in the 🚪" came about. Now I know. I wonder if they had a chance to squash the misunderstanding before B.I.G passed? This was a good episode 👍! Keep them coming!
First album was a classic. The second one, I felt like he was trying to follow the formula of the first album too closely.
@@saj8 I like that format for him and Redman.
I was never a fan of conscious rap back in the day, but Jeru The Damaja and Dead Prez were my favorites.
Love love love this cat!!! The Sun rises in the East is without question a certified classic....
Big facts.
ain't the devil happy one of the hardest truest tracks ever made
Absolute Facts!!!!🔥🔥🔥
Yes!!
All of these reasons are spot on! If you're too young to grasp what this video is explaining listen to the song "Mass Appeal" by Gang Starr", it captured the content war of that era.
& what they do by the ROOTS
My favoritisme mass appeal
I was just listening to "Come clean", that stays in rotation. "The sun rises in the East" is definitely a slept on classic. I put it up there with all the other great albums of that time.
When I came back to Baltimore, I already had a flag planted in Brooklyn so I stayed buying alot of records and mixtapes bringing em back to my city. I literally remember the night I was in Brooklyn and stopped at BeatStreet Records. I bought a evil dee and Tony Touch mixtape and my homeboy gave me 2 white label records. Didn't know who it was. When I got to Baltimore, I hooked up my dj equipment. The first joint was Blackmoon How Many Mc's. I was already vibing off that so I decided to play the other one. It was Come Clean. When I tell you I damn near broke that record cause I played that shit over and over till I got sleepy. I had never heard anything like it. I listened to the lyrics and was blown. From then on, I was a Jeru fan for life
Even though he wasn't a huge artist he was nice on the mic and he deserves credit in hip hop for being a lyricist in a era where everyone brought something different to the table in music. And on a side note I have a you tube channel type in Russell Mills May 22, 2017 to find me.
StuntedGrowthMusic, this is possibly the most important piece of content you ever did. This had to be told for many outside our era can understand how hip hop changed. This wasn't only a Stunted Growth for Jeru but he was also a causality to the change in shift that hip hop went through. His career died with that shift. Jeru was never gonna strive in the late 90s and early 2000s. This is why I say that Nas is the only man to ever blend conscious hip hop with street sensibility and commercial ability. Nas could have easily been Jeru if he didn't go that route he did with It Was Written
Now I’m about to go back and listen to both his first and second albums, both classics.
I remember when Jerus first album came out. I was in high school on the West Coast I had my little Honda civic with some sounds in the trunk. People at school would clown me for bumping it instead of Dre or Snoop.
Oh wow. They had no idea.
Come clean is one of the dopest hip hop joints ever produced. Hip hop has always been flashy. Jeru just wanted balance.
One of the Best Storytellers in Hip Hop right up their With the Legends Ice Cube , Ice T , Eazy E , KRS One , Kool G Rap , Nas , Snoop , Biggie , .R.I.P Gangstarr ,R.I.P . 2Pac of the 90s era . Jeru has a art of storytelling that really draws you in like your really in a movie or live in real time as story unfolds as he's talking .His Album , The Sun rises in the East and the Wrath of Math are his Master Class Albums . His Best songs , Aint the Devil Happy , The Prophet Saga 1.2.3 , Scientifical Madness , Da Bitches , One Day , Invasion and the Runaway Slave these are classic songs in one of the best competitive era's of Hip in Hop that doesnt exist anymore the 90s was truly the Battle Arena Era you had to be the Best or get devoured by the Streets Lyrically or even Literally . Jeru was like a samurai in streets of Hip Hop Like most Top artists at the time and this man deserves , Respect and he deserves his Flowers now Salute to Jeru The Damaja one of the Best to ever do it .
Truth 🔥🔥🔥🤙❤️🔥
i still love his first album
An absolute classic!!!
Absolutely
An impressive debut.
This shit made me sad... I remember that shift in Hip Hop, it was the start of the ending for me. There was still some great music after that, but '94? That was my favorite shit!
Depending on how old you are his presence in HipHop and his arrival was so crucial at the time
Thanks so much for doing this video on jeru. One of my favorite MCs and very underrated MC. If you listen to the lyrics on" Ya playing yourself", he was ahead of his time. The classic line he said was "never new hustlers confessed in stereo"
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I was just mixing records from the 90,s and I was stuck on Jeru’s ‘Me Or The Paper’ . The work he did with DJ Premier is legendary . He’s still touring overseas and doesn’t have to make any new music .
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He deserves so much more respect, but this new school generation won't appreciate him and or the others that paved the way for them. This new generation is full of microwave people and microwave talent.
Jeru will always been respected by us individuals who truly love and appreciate *real Hip Hop*
Much respect to Jeru a very dope emcee,but is their really something called real hip hop.Whats real hip hop?
Hard for people to appreciate rappers they don't know about.
He was criminally underrated. He was 🔥🔥🔥. Some people said his flow was too old sounding. His records were dope to me! Still listen to his music to this day
One of the most accurate Stunteds yet. Jeru was cold as hell. Similar to black moon
He one of the real ones
Lets not forge tthat the the great Keith Murray also debuted in 1994.
Now.. Jeru the Scientist.. voice, delivery, flow, vocab, subject matter... he was a heavyweight indeed. It's true that times have changed dramatically between 94 and 97, when his second album came out... but if Wrath of The Math would've been more sonically like the first album, I think he would've been more solidified in history. It just didn't have that rawness or tempo that we were expecting from Ru, and to be honest, he himself was slacking in the lyrics. It was just too simplified. That's what really did the damage IMO. I checked for him in the post Primo-era, and he can still get busy.. still full of concepts and still skilled, but it would be dope to have him and Preem link on a track for the people after all this time. Give Jeru a bunch of esoteric, scientific books and lock Preem in a room banging nothing but his '94 and Group Home isht' for a few days... then let them combines come with some dirty, dusty 92 BPM fire and just let the magic happen. We need that.
Remember meeting Ru outside of Franklin K Lane High School in ENY BK shortly after Wrath of the Math came out. The God was crazy cool. Them 1st 2 Jeru records are incredible!
Big Pun, Canibus, DMX, was the best era ever, and Canibus is still dropping crazy lyrical albums
Those first 2 Jeru albums were incredible.
Jeru moved to Germany and he is doing his own thing there. Great lyricist.
Most underrated MC in history word. Intelligent and witty... too smart for most headz out there.
Back when "Come Clean" ummmm, came out (when I was in 11th grade), I didn't even know Premo produced it. I wasn't purchasing albums back then, just watching "Rap City" & "Yo! MTV Raps" as my primary barometer for what was hot. The song & video were so dope that it didn't matter to me at the time who produced it. Years later when I did buy the album and was deep into my knowledge and fandom of Premo, I appreciated the singles even more and realized some of the album tracks were even better. "Wrath Of The Math" was a cool album too. Jeru is stamped in Hip Hop history, plus he's the only other person back then who had beef with Biggie, Puff & the Fugees like Pac did. So there's that...
“There’s a hole in the ozone layer, I’m rippin vampires, you think I give a Fck who’s the biggest player?” Jeru
Scientifical Madness
This is one of your most thorough analysis yet. Thank you .
Why is Vicious comments turned off? I'm going to leave them here.
Vicious came to Lynchburg VA and performed. I enjoyed it very much!!!
Do one on the group All City...they gave us 1 classic album "Metropolis Gold" then just disappeared.
Jeru is hip hop in its purest form. It’s a shame he never got the respect he deserves.
His content was intelligent too. I felt that he struck a scholastic quality
Once i listened to Jeru 1st two albums and Group home - Livin Proof...i was a Premo fan forever
I still have Jeru the Damaga albums The Sun rises in the East & Wrath of the Math. But both were overshadowed by These classic albums from NY.....Nas - Illmatic, Gravediggaz - 6 Feet Deep, Shyheim - The Rugged Child, O.C.- Word Life, Notorious BIG - Ready to Die, Method Man - Tical, Redman - Dare iz a Darkside, Smif n Wesson - Da Shinin, Mobb Deep - The Infamous, Ol' Dirty Bastard - Return to the 36 Chambers The Dirty Version, Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx, Big L - Lifestyles ov da Poor & Dangerous, Fat Joe - Jealous Ones Envy, Naughty by Nature - Poverty's Paradise, Onyx - All We Got iz Us, LL Cool J - Mr Smith, KRS One self titled album, GZA - Liquid Swords, Kool G Rap - 456, Fugees - The Score, Busta Rhymes - The Coming, Shyheim - The Lost Generation, Lost Boyz - Legal Drug Money, Nas - It Was Written, Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt, A Tribe Called Quest - Beats Rhymes and Life, Heltah Skeltah - Nocturnal, Mobb Deep - Hell on Earth, Ghostface Killah - Ironman, Redman - Muddy Waters, De La Soul - Stakes is High.
I've always been obsessed with the 90s-00s as far as Hip Hop, looking into the less-mentioned artists like Big L, Rakim, Mobb Deep etc. I remember the first time I started bumping Wrath Of The Math on Spotify, I was nodding my head to that wild wordplay he has, looking at the album covers like "Wait, how have I not heard this dude before? Wtf?" He's too smooth with that wordplay.
Been there since the beginning. 94 was a special year. Tired of the debate over which era was better. Those that know, know…
Facts. Ready to die over Illmatic though
@@stuntedgrowthmusic That's tough but I'm leaning Illmatic.
"The Sun Rises In The East" is the best primo produced album. It's great as illmatic!
I really wish you would have said something about the Prophet Series... Those 4 songs are like a Hip-hop graphic novel!!! Some of the best storytelling in Hip-hop History.... Respect for highlighting the Damaja!!!!!
Great video. He deserves a lot more respect and attention to his music.
Could please do Bone Thugs-n-Harmony next. Their growth wasn't stunted but they didn't reach their full potential. Here's why:
1. Their style was fresh but they only started with EP. E1999. Eternal was ready in August, 94 but wasn't out till July, 95 which was a big marketing mistake cause the rap was flooded by artists with similar styles(both biters and non-biters)
2. Their double-album 'The Art of War' contained few singles and music videos. It was a bad idea to give a song 'Batman and Robin' soundtrack cause the film appeared to be trash. Meanwhile, Bizzy would sabotage videos and concert tours. You can also mention his feud with Tomica.
3. Flesh-n-Bone was imprisoned in 2000.
4. More problems with Bizzy in 2002-03 resulting in a weak group album.
5. Rather weak solo careers. Bizzy cut some songs in his debut solo album because of sample clearance issues. His second album had little promotion and only one music video. Krayzie's first two solos weren't too strong commercially. Krayzie also caught Dr.Dre's 'Detox syndrome' and not used the momentum given by the Grammy-winning duo with Chamillionaire. 'Chasing the Devil' coulda caused more impact having been released back in 07-08
I don't think they fully count. They made it to the top. The problem was everything else. Example: Industry change killing Bone's Infrastructure metaphorically speaking, Tomica Wright, issues with Bizzy etc. But despite that Bone Thugs-N-Harmony constantly had hits after the 90s. For example that T.W.O album still went gold. The Art of War was quadruple platinum, i do agree that AoW should have had more music videos. Bone's situation is very unique, and multifaceted. But I don't think their growth was so much as stunted as it was.... hobbled.
I appreciate you did this 🙌🏾👍🏾
Well put. I remember it going down this way as well. 👍🏽
ANOTHER LEGEND MC IN OLD SCHOOL HIP HOP THAT'S IN A CLASS OF HIS OWN LIKE MANY OTHER'S BEFORE HIM AS WELL ARE FORGOTTEN BUT WE ALL KNOW THE ONE'S ✌️💯🇺🇲
Not your average, scientifical madness, ain’t the devil happy ..just some of his amazing tracks….and to top it off one of the best live performers in hip hop …Jerus live energy is something else .. all the true heads respect Jeru
Juvenile would be an interesting Stunted Growth. He put Cash Money on the map in ‘98
No doubt!!! He better than wayne back then & now!!!! His growth stunted cuz he ain't wanna kiss birdman in the lips.
@@markmercado89 he's not better than wayne n never was . And om from new orleans
Premier and Jeru, incredible combination
One of if not my favorite 90s rapper. His music with Preemo was a masterpiece. I wish they continued to work together
I remember getting his album and rocked it days on in with other LPs of those days. Most definitely a part of my music rotation.
A Jeru The Damaja+KRS One album would be 🔥!!!
DJ Premier & Apollo Brown on the production.
I’m just thinking. Wouldn’t Jeru would’ve been perfect fit for the Fugees?
Then They would go from The Fugees to the The Egos😂
LOL. They actually went at each other. "No matter who you damage/You still a false prophet." (c) Pras.
They had a lyrical beef...he touched them up on Black Cowboys....." I heard some emcee's wanna bring it but a female is one of their strongest men..."
@@shauncameron8390damn that’s cold 😳
Jeru stands alone. His voice is amazing and his music is proper hiphop
One of the illest 🔥🔥🔥Definitely my favorite
Me or the papers was one of my favorites from Jeru, great messages and insight in this real reality mc
Thats my fav too
Saw Jeru live in Philly. 99, 00ish...
With like 25 other people and he DESTROYED it. Really put on a show as a live lyricist. Mic play is insane, and everybody knows you can't stop the prophet.
Rap became a mainstream quickly evolving genre of music in 1991 after the Rodney King video emerged,I think, as Teddy Riley’s New Jack Swing with his production of Michael Jackson’s Dangerous Album and collaboration with Dr Dre and rappers developing as a new style of music within rap & other genres as a new music and the massive cultural & musical creativity that ensued worldwide thereafter is incredible to me & now in 2023 i love looking back at the early greats like Jeru thru these lenses and seeing what became of their early contributions to the craft…
When I first getting deep into hip hop, Jeru's debut album is one of the first I got into
Rappers had something to say back then, now not so much, there is a sprinkle here and there now-a-days
Jeru was my introduction to buying music, and rapping myself. My first cassatte tape was "Come Clean". I rapped over the instrumental on the other side of the single. WOW
I waa lucky enough to come of age in the 90's. I was 14 in 95'. I gotta consider that the golden age. So many classics, and all had a different sound.
Yoooooo!!! This is one of my favorite rappers from the 90s.
Wrath of the Math is one of my favorite albums of all time.
I think his lyrical skill level dropped, and the powers that be didn't want his message getting out. Very powerful message. P.E. also in 94 would slowly fade. Muse sick in our mess age would be their last charting album. But in their case P. E. was internationally known worldwide.
I love these real hip hop videos man. Keep it coming
Jeru also dissed Fugees on 'Black Cowboy' "I heard some MCs wanna bring it but a female is one of their strongest men, when I step to you don't seek refuge make it happen..." He was great, speaking for all the people that weren't seduced by the glamour and glitz that overtook a lot of rap and perhaps culture more broadly.
Your prologues are just as in depth as the whole video!! That’s stunt #1 I love your content fam
Jeru is one of my favorite MCs ever! He deserves more credit for his contributions to hip hop.
of course they aren’t going to mention him today. He was respected during his time. Eras and evolution. Music changes daily.
Come Clean was so sick. We played that into the dirt. So glad to be from that era
Jeru The Damaj, still left us with Perfection. Now, please let's talk my favorite M.C.: Black 🌝 and/or anybody from BCC. their bodies of work we're spectacular. Come fellos and ladies stop hating 90 hip hop era rules.🍾🍾🍾🙏🙏🤝👍👍
This is great! Talking about Jeru, I have his first 4 albums, all 🔥. I’m from the 90s, so this video hits perfect!
one of my all time favorite Emcee. Real Talk more relevant today in terms of Subject Matter
"Me Or The Papes" is one of my favorites, as well as "Ya Playin Yaself" & of course "Come Clean".
He's one of my favourite MC's of all time.
He flips back and forth between Poland
and Germany all the time.